Marijke Huysmans is a professor in groundwater hydrology at Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB) and KU Leuven. Prof. Huysmans leads the groundwater research group at the Water & Climate department of the VUB and is involved in projects such as IRP GROW - Reuse of treated wastewater – environmental impacts and public perception (https://hydr.vub.be/projects/irp-grow), GAIN (https://hydr.vub.be/projects/gain), and as a collaborator in the EU-funded project NATALIE - Accelerating and mainstreaming transformative nature-based solutions to enhance resilience to climate change for diverse bio-geographical European regions (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101112859).

Philipp Wanner is an Associate Professor (Docent) and research group leader in contaminant hydrogeology at the Earth Science Department of the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and a principal investigator (PI) of the North American Consortium for Field-Focused Groundwater Research. He received his PhD from the Centre for Hydrogeology and Geothermics (CHYN) at the University of Neuchatel in Switzerland in 2016. From 2017 to 2018, Philipp Wanner was a postdoctoral researcher at the Morwick G360 Groundwater Research Institute at the University of Guelph in Canada and from 2019 to 2020 at the Institute of Geological Sciences at the University of Bern in Switzerland. In 2020, Philipp Wanner was appointed as an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at the Earth Science Department of the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and promoted to an Associate Professor (Docent) in 2023.

Prof. Wanner’s current research focuses on the behaviour of legacy and emerging contaminants such as chlorinated solvents, plastic particles, pesticides, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in groundwater systems providing the basis for the remediation of contaminated sites.

Catalin Stefan is the head of the Research Group on Managed Aquifer Recharge (INOWAS) at the Institute for Groundwater Management, Faculty of Environmental Sciences of Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden). Dr. Stefan’s research focuses on planning, assessment, and optimization of managed aquifer recharge (MAR) applications using physical models and computer-based simulations. Under his coordination, the Research Group INOWAS developed a free web-based platform with a collection of analytical and numerical simulation tools for groundwater modeling (https://www.inowas.com).

Since 2019, Catalin has served as Co-Chair of the Commission on Managing Aquifer Recharge of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) and has been an active member of the Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP) since 2016. He has experience in coordinating and managing international networks and partnerships with a regional focus on Central America, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia.

Currently, he leads three projects on MAR: AGREEMAR - Adaptive agreements on benefit-sharing for managed aquifer recharge in the Mediterranean region (https://www.agreemar.inowas.com), TERESA - Urban Water Management: German expertise for Kazakh cities (https://www.teresa.inowas.com), and FARM - Promoting sustainable groundwater solutions for rural farming communities in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan (https://www.farm.inowas.com).
 

Thomas Reimann is a researcher and lecturer at the Institute for Groundwater Management at TU Dresden, Germany. With nearly 20 years of experience, Thomas's work focuses on groundwater engineering, often in combination with distributed numerical models in different environments, such as karst systems or open-pit mining for soft coal. He received a water management diploma focusing on groundwater engineering from TU Dresden in 2003. In 2012, he was awarded a Ph.D. in groundwater management for research in karst systems by TU Dresden.

Thomas is a specialist in applying and adapting distributed numerical models for use in research and industry. He enhanced the distributed numerical discrete-continuum model MODFLOW Conduit Flow Process (CFP) by various boundary conditions, flow and transport processes, resulting in CFPv2. His current research projects include karst system characterization with inverse groundwater modelling, groundwater management in open-pit mining environments, and Managed Aquifer Recharge.

In addition to his research, he has been actively teaching groundwater management and groundwater modelling since 2003 at TU Dresden, and as a guest lecturer for Hydrogeology since 2017 at the University of Gothenburg (Sweden). The ongoing teaching activities utilize various innovative digital methods to enhance the learning process, which was honoured by the TU Dresden Teaching Award in 2017. Innovative and digital learning and teaching materials are currently being enhanced and transferred to various partners across Europe through the EU cooperation project iNUX.